Sweet Little Antique Carved Acorn Finial in Gold and Black travel kit I really like the wear

I really like the wear on this one

this great old steel and brass D

The kit consists of a bottle of gold paint (mostly empty and no longer usable)

which would pull up in front of the platform to unload milk

1 1/16" across at base

Sweet Little Antique Carved Acorn Finial in Gold and Black travel kit I really like the wearI'm not sure what this smallish carved acorn finial once topped, but I love it just as a sculptural little carving, all the better for the old gold and black paint on it. Found in New Hampshire, I believe it is American, and I'd guess late 19th c. The recess at the very center of the top does not appear to be a hole, just a recess, but it does seem to invite piercing it should one wish to, say, fly a little flag on top. 4" t x 2" wide and deep and in